You'll want to purchase both a pilot and thrust bearing... I usually use grease to drive out a thrust bearing, but supramacist's methods seems a little more cost effective, and easier to clean up.
Couple suggestions that might not be mentioned in your TSRM. First, a transmission jack makes life so much easier. Rent one and it will save you an hour or so of your time. When you remove the drive shaft from the output of the tranny, slide a socket about the same size in to minimze the amount of fluid you use. On that note, change your tranny fluid after your done the job while your under there.
Those bell housing bolts can be a real bitch, if I were you, Id get a 3-4 foot extension plus some sort of uni-joint. You'll want to work from near the rear of the tranny to get a socket on those bell housing bolts.
Not sure which tranny you have, but mine (r154?) has two dust covers that you should remove, to get access to the bolts connecting the dust cover to flywheel.... these need to be removed before you seperate the bellhousing from engine.
If your clutch is worn out, and there is any discoloration on the flywheel its probably worth while removing the flywheel to have a skim taken off it as well... It's nicer to do as one job rather than deciding to chance it and having to remove it later next week....
Last suggestion is to take some weight off the front of the engine. There is a hook on the front side of the head you can grab and apply some force with a comealong and the rafters or cherry picker. You don;t need to lift very hard, but every little bit helps with access to those damn bellhousing bolts!!
Good luck!
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